Last Tuesday, when Texas’ primary votes were counted, Mitt Romney secured enough delegates to become the Republican presidential nominee. That signaled an official end to a primary campaign that was both colorful and, at times, silly.But the silliness hasn’t ended. Instead of Romney taking ...
Back on May 18 the Pittsburgh Pirates narrowly escaped being the victims of a no-hitter at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.The Detroit Tigers’ Justin Verlander is, perhaps, the best pitcher in baseball. He’d managed to befuddle the hapless Pirates through eight innings, when utility ...
George Gibson Polley was known as “The Human Fly,” because he made his living climbing tall buildings using nothing more than his bare hands.It’s estimated that he’d climbed 2,000 buildings beginning in 1910.On Jan. 9, 1920, he was famously arrested for trying to climb the Woolworth ...